Again MA another great landscape image.
Love the reflections again in this shot, also the Diagonal lines of the hills really lead your eye to the middle of the photo.
Great Shot!
Craig
:)

Mad Aussie

03-28-2010, 05:50 AM

Cheers Craig :)

AntZ

03-28-2010, 07:04 AM

Very nice MA

Iguanasan

03-28-2010, 08:22 AM

Very cool shot. That river is like a mirror. What's your EXIF on this one? I'm trying to figure out if you are getting those freakishly interesting clouds normally or if they're a bit of a "time lapse" shot.

Bambi

03-28-2010, 08:52 AM

okay this is my favourite of your set! I really really really like it. :1st:

Mad Aussie

03-28-2010, 04:35 PM

Thanks very much gang :)

Iggy ... this is an HDR of 1/20, 1/500, and 1/2500 ... taken consecutively with my high speed mode (6 fps) so less than half a sec between the first and last shot. The clouds were moving much at all.

Iguanasan

03-28-2010, 04:45 PM

Ahh, I see. It's probably the different layers of light and shadow caused by the HDR treatment then? Maybe? I don't know what is is but a lot of your shots have really cool looking cloud imagery. Whatever it is, I like it! :)

Mad Aussie

03-28-2010, 04:56 PM

Ahh, I see. It's probably the different layers of light and shadow caused by the HDR treatment then? Maybe? I don't know what is is but a lot of your shots have really cool looking cloud imagery. Whatever it is, I like it! :)
Some of them I will add some selective blur treatment to the cloud .... but I didn't for any of these.
The wide angle lens in some of these recent ones will have helped also as it 'stretches' the view somewhat. The close up items look closer than real and the background items look further away. Opposite of what a zoom lens does pretty much.
Apart from that the HDR process does also create this effect at times as the brightest bracketed shots usually lose sharpness at the detail is lost. When blended with the other shots it can create that movement you see/feel.

Mad Aussie

03-28-2010, 07:50 PM

Thought I'd add a different view ... and crop ...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2686/4470967017_71fdfc0945_o.jpg

Michaelaw

03-28-2010, 08:20 PM

Oh yeah...That's what I'm talking about! :thumbup:

Beautiful MA...Outstanding imagery :highfive:

OWLP

03-28-2010, 08:23 PM

Very good HDR images, like the calm water and the reflections of the clowds.